Les en Hauts
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2025
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
roasted duck, charcuterie board, grilled pork chops
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the granite-rich slopes of Chiroubles, the highest and coolest of the Beaujolais Crus, 'Les en Hauts' is a testament to Frédéric Cossard's mastery of natural winemaking. The name itself, meaning 'on the heights,' pays homage to the steep, high-altitude vineyards that define this cuvée. Cossard applies his uncompromising non-interventionist philosophy to these old Gamay vines, utilizing whole-cluster fermentation with indigenous yeasts and aging without any added sulfur. This meticulous, hands-off approach coaxes an incredibly pure, energetic expression of the terroir, showcasing the vibrant, floral, and mineral-driven character that Chiroubles is celebrated for.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1996 by former dairy technician and wine broker Frédéric Cossard, Domaine de Chassorney emerged from the high-altitude, limestone-rich enclave of Saint-Romain in the Hautes-Côtes de Beaune. Expanding from his core estate vineyards into an adventurous micro-négoce under the Frédéric Cossard label, he works across Burgundy, the Jura, Beaujolais, and beyond. Cossard champions a holistic, self-devised 'homeopathic' viticultural method grounded in biodynamic preparations and rigorous soil health. In the cellar, his philosophy is strictly non-interventionist and uncompromisingly clean, relying on negative-ion oxygen sterilization instead of sulfur dioxide. White grapes undergo extended pressing and long spontaneous fermentations without temperature control, while red and macerated cuvées see gentle whole-cluster infusions in open wooden vats, concrete eggs, or qvevri. Known for benchmark skin-contact expressions like 'Feel Good' and 'Rafling' alongside pure expressions of Saint-Romain and Savagnin, Cossard's wines are renowned for their electrifying vitality, textural purity, and luminous clarity.
🍇 Grapes
Gamay